Come on “most” jobs don’t have a 5% matching contribution
Some do - but most don’t
And in $100k salary that’s a 10k$ difference . Even with a 5% matching it’s a $5k a year difference
That’s not irrelevant . It’s a bit disingenuous to say “we’ll just save more and you’ll have more retirement “ - obviously that’s the case for anyone , with a pension or without
But I don’t see anyone actually attacking the pension - it’s that for some weird reason when pointing out that it is a very good pension and great benefit of the job people try to marginalize it
Imagine if instead of a teachers thread this was the oil and gas thread and someone who had a great 10% employer match said “it’s not really a great benefit , if you want to retire with $50k a year you just need to save more “
The overall teacher retirement benefits are top notch . And there’s nothing wrong with that .
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